Method and apparatus for detecting signaling message, and storage medium

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for detecting signaling message, and storage medium. The method comprises: detecting synchronization signals and implementing synchronization; determining transmission resource locations of first-class signaling messages associated with the synchronization signals according to the synchronization signals; and receiving the first-class signaling messages on the transmission resource locations.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/323,937, which claims priority to Chinese patent application No.201610668133.5 filed on Aug. 12, 2016, the disclosures of all of whichare incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and inparticular to a method and apparatus for detecting signaling message,and storage medium.

BACKGROUND

In a wireless communication system, after starting up, a terminal mayperform cell searching to detect a synchronization sequence. After acell searching process is completed, UE has obtained downlinksynchronization with a cell to obtain a PCI of the cell and obtainedsynchronization of a subframe and a system frame. Then, the UE needs toacquire system information of the cell, in this way, know how the cellis configured, so as to access the cell and work correctly in the cell.In a 4G long-term evolution (LTE) system, the system information of thecell is transmitted in a physical layer broadcast channel; the systemmessage transmitted in the physical layer broadcast channel of the 4G iscell-level information, that is, take effect for all UEs accessing thecell. The system information may include a master information block(MIB) and multiple system information blocks (SIB). Each piece of systeminformation includes a series of parameter sets related to a certainfunction. Some specific types of the system information are shown inTable 1.

TABLE 1 Transport Type Content Period (ms) channel MIB Including alimited number of parameters 40 BCH that are most important and mostfrequently transmitted. UE must use these parameters to acquire othersystem information. Relevant parameters are in theIE:MasterInformationBlock of the protocol specification TS 36.331 of the3GPP SIB1 Including parameters for determining 80 DL-SCH whether acertain cell is suitable for cell selection, and time-domain schedulinginformation of other SIBs. See the IE:SystemInformationBlockType1 of36.331 SIB2 Including public wireless resource Configured by the SIBI.See the DL-SCH configuration information, which isIE:SystemInformationBlockType1 common to all UEs. field: SchedulingInfoList SIB3-8 Including parameters related to intra- of 36.331 DL-SCHfrequency, inter-frequency and inter- RAT cell reselection SIB9Including a name of a home eNodeB DL-SCH SIB10-12 Including earthquake,ETWS and CMAS DL-SCH warning messages SIB13 Including MBMS controlinformation DL-SCH related to one or more MBSFN areas

Not all of the SIBs must exist. For example, for a base station deployedby an operator, no SIBS is needed; and if a certain cell does notprovide a MBMS, no SIB13 is needed. The cell will continuously broadcastthese pieces of system information.

The MIB includes some very important broadcast messages, and may betransported on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). FIG. 1 is aprocessing procedure of a transmission end of transmitting a MIB on aPBCH in a LTE. FIG. 1(a) is a first schematic diagram of a processingprocedure of a transmission end of transmitting a MIB on a PBCH in a LTEin the related art of the present disclosure, and FIG. 1(b) is a secondschematic diagram of a processing procedure of a transmission end oftransmitting a MIB on a PBCH in a LTE in the related art of the presentdisclosure. In these drawings, a PCFICH, a PHICH, a PDCCH, the PBCH, andthe like are all channels.

SIB messages may be transmitted on data channels, and their transmissionresources may be configured and indicated on a public control channel(corresponding to a common search space of the PDCCH);

A transmission period of the SIB1 message is 80 ms. A transmissionperiod of other system messages is configured by the SIB1. See theIE:aSystemInformationBlockType1 field: SchedulingInfoList of 36.331.

It should be noted that some of the system messages in the LTE of therelated art are introduced in the foregoing. In the subsequent evolutionof a LTE standard version, some other types of system messages may beadded; and in other systems and evolutions of the other systems, theremay be some differences in types of the system messages, and changes intheir names;

In the LTE system of the related art, a broadcast channel is transmittedby using a wide RF beam. Applicants have found that due to the increasein the number of antennas and the application of high frequency, a trendis to use a narrow beam for transmission, and a wide beam may neithermeet the coverage requirement nor give full play to the advantages ofmultiple antennas. After the RF beam is introduced, an original casewhere a channel or signal transmitted by a wide beam may cover theentire cell becomes a case where synchronization signals transmitted bymultiple narrow beams may cover the entire cell. FIG. 2 is a schematicdiagram of transmission of wide and narrow beams in the related art ofthe present disclosure.

A manner in the related art still uses the wide beam for transmission,which brings about problems of coverage and efficiency of the broadcastchannel.

In view of the above problems in the related art, no effective solutionhas been found yet.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmission apparatus,a detection apparatus and a transmission system of signaling messages,so as to at least solve problems of coverage and efficiency of abroadcast channel which are caused during wide beam transmission in therelated art.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method fortransmitting signaling messages is provided, including: determining Ngroups of synchronization signals and transmission resourcescorresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals, wherein N>=1;determining M sets of first-class signaling messages associated with theN groups of synchronization signals, wherein M<=N; determining locationsof the transmission resources of the M sets of first-class signalingmessages; and respectively transmitting the N groups of synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages on the transmissionresources and the locations of the transmission resources.

Alternatively, the N groups of synchronization signals correspond toconfiguration information of N different types of transmissionresources.

Alternatively, the transmission resources include at least one of thefollowing: beam resources, port resources, antenna resources,frequency-domain resources, sequence resources and time-domainresources.

Alternatively, the first-class signaling messages include at least oneof the following: a configuration message of a system parameter, or aconfiguration message of a broadcast parameter, or a configurationmessage of a multicast parameter, a physical layer control messageindicating a physical layer transport configuration of the systemparameter, or the configuration message of the broadcast parameter, orthe configuration message of the multicast parameter.

Alternatively, the first-class signaling messages include at least oneof the following: a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical broadcast or multicast channel, or a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical control channel, wherein the signalingconfiguration message includes a common control message and aspecialized control message.

Alternatively, an association relationship between the synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages include:

a reference demodulation relationship between transport of thefirst-class signaling messages and transport of the synchronizationsignals;

A correspondence relationship between the transport of the first-classsignaling messages and the transport of the synchronization signals andone of the following: transmission beams, reception beams, virtualsectors, ports, antennas and transport nodes;

a quasi-co-location relationship between a transmission signal of thefirst-class signaling messages and a transmission signal of thesynchronization signals; and

an association relationship between a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages and resource locations used to transmitthe synchronization signals, wherein the resource location includes atleast one of the following: sequences, sequence locations, beams,sectors, antennas and ports.

Alternatively, one set of the first-class signaling messages isassociated with one or more groups of the synchronization signals.

Alternatively, the association relationship between the M sets offirst-class signaling messages and the N groups of synchronizationsignals is determined by a type of the first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, the determining M sets of first-class signaling messagesassociated with the N groups of synchronization signals includes:determining M sets of first-class signaling messages associated with theN groups of synchronization signals according to the type of the firstsignaling messages.

Alternatively, the determining M sets of first-class signaling messagesassociated with the N groups of synchronization signals includes:acquiring a configuration parameter used to indicate the associationrelationship between the M sets of first-class signaling messages andthe N groups of synchronization signals; and determining M sets offirst-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals according to the configuration information.

Alternatively, the configuration information includes a value of the Mand a number of groups of synchronization signals associated with thefirst-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, a scrambling code of the first-class signaling messagesis determined according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals associated with the first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, the determining locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages includes: performingfrequency division and/or time division on the transmission resources ofsynchronization signals associated with the first-class signalingmessages to obtain the transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages.

Alternatively, the determining locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages includes one of thefollowing:

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X2 time-domain symbols preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domain symbols are consecutivetime-domain symbols; and

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto.

Alternatively, when the locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind orpreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, at least one of thefollowing is also included:

locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are determined according to aresource index of the bound synchronization signals; and

the locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are adjacent to the boundsynchronization signals.

Alternatively, the embodiment further includes: indicating mappinginformation of the first-class signaling messages by using thesynchronization signals, wherein the mapping information includesbandwidths, locations and multiplexing manners.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, anothertransmission method of another signaling message is provided, including:determining first-class signaling messages, wherein the first-classsignaling messages include at least one of the following: aconfiguration message of a system parameter, or a configuration messageof a broadcast parameter, or a configuration message of a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter, or a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe broadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicatinga physical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;classifying the first-class signaling messages into at least two groups;and transmitting the grouped first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, the classifying the first-class signaling messages intoat least two groups includes: classifying the first-class signalingmessages into at least two groups according to an agreement of atransmission end and a reception end of the first-class signalingmessages.

Alternatively, the classifying the first-class signaling messages intoat least two groups includes one of the following:

classifying the first-class signaling messages into at least two groupsaccording to a type of the first-class signaling messages;

classifying the first-class signaling messages into at least two groupsaccording to a transmission period of the first-class signalingmessages; and

classifying the first-class signaling messages into at least two groupsaccording to an overhead size of the first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, the transmitting the grouped first-class signalingmessages includes one of the following:

determining at least one of the following parameters used by thetransmission according to the group to which the first-class signalingmessages belong: transmission beams, transmitting ports, transmissionsectors and a number of sectors;

determining a size of time-frequency resources used by the transmissionaccording to the group to which the first-class signaling messagesbelong; and

determining a configuration of a reference demodulation signal used bythe transmission according to the group to which the first-classsignaling messages belong.

Alternatively, the transmitting the grouped first-class signalingmessages includes: transmitting at least one group of information on afirst-class channel; transmitting transmission parameter configurationinformation of a second-class channel on the first-class channel; andtransmitting information included by another group of first-classsignaling messages on the second-class channel, wherein a transmissionbandwidth of the first-class channel is agreed by the transmission endor the reception end.

Alternatively, the transmission parameter configuration informationincludes one or more of the following:

a transmitting port and an antenna configuration of the second-classchannel;

a transmission sector and a beam configuration of the second-classchannel;

a transmission technique configuration of the second-class channel;

a beam configuration of the second-class channel;

a time-domain resource size/location configuration of the second-classchannel;

a frequency-domain resource size/location configuration of thesecond-class channel;

a power configuration of the second-class channel;

a corresponding pilot configuration of the second-class channel; and

a time-frequency resource mapping configuration of the second-classchannel.

Alternatively, the first-class channel is a first physical broadcast ormulticast channel, and the second-class channel is a second physicalbroadcast or multicast channel.

Alternatively, there is at least one time interval Ts between thefirst-class channel and the second-class channel,

Alternatively, the time interval Ts is greater than or equal to theminimum transmission duration of the first-class channel, and anotherfirst-class channel is transmitted in the time interval Ts.

Alternatively, the time interval Ts is greater than or equal to theminimum transmission duration of the synchronization signals, and thesynchronization signals are transmitted in the time interval Ts.

Alternatively, the transmission of the first-class channel is greaterthan the transmission of the second-class channel by using the followingparameters: transmission beams, transmission sectors and a number ofports.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, yet anothermethod for transmitting signaling messages is provided, including:determining first-class signaling messages, wherein the first-classsignaling messages include at least one of the following: aconfiguration message of a system parameter, or a configuration messageof a broadcast parameter, or a configuration message of a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter, or a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe broadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicatinga physical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;determining transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages; transmitting the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources; transmitting synchronization signals andindicating transmission resources of the first-class signalings by asequence of the synchronization signals, or configuring the transmissionresources of the first-class signalings by a signaling.

Alternatively, before the transmitting the first-class signalingmessages on the transmission resources, the method further includes:classifying the first-class signalings into at least two groups, whereinthe at least two groups of first-class signalings respectivelycorrespond to the configured transmission resources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a detectionmethod of signaling messages is provided, including: detectingsynchronization signals and implementing synchronization; anddetermining locations of transmission resources of first-class signalingmessages associated with the synchronization signals according to thesynchronization signals; and receiving the first-class signalingmessages on the locations of the resources.

Alternatively, the first-class signaling messages include at least oneof the following: a configuration message of a system parameter, or aconfiguration message of a broadcast parameter, or a configurationmessage of a multicast parameter, a physical layer control messageindicating a physical layer transport configuration of the systemparameter, a signaling configuration message transmitted in a physicalbroadcast or multicast channel, and a signaling configuration messagetransmitted in a physical control channel, wherein the signalingconfiguration message includes a common control message and aspecialized control message.

Alternatively, an association relationship between the synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages includes:

a reference demodulation relationship between transport of thefirst-class signaling messages and transport of the synchronizationsignals;

a correspondence relationship between the transport of the first-classsignaling messages and the transport of the synchronization signals andone of the following: transmission beams, reception beams, virtualsectors, ports, antennas and transport nodes;

a quasi-co-location relationship between a transmission signal of thefirst-class signaling messages and a transmission signal of thesynchronization signals; and

an association relationship between a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages and resource locations used to transmitthe synchronization signals, wherein the resource location includes atleast one of the following: sequences, sequence locations, beams,sectors, antennas and ports.

Alternatively, the determining locations of transmission resources offirst-class signaling messages associated with the synchronizationsignals according to the synchronization signals includes one of thefollowing:

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X2 time-domain symbols preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domain symbols are consecutivetime-domain symbols; and

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto.

Alternatively, when the locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind orpreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, at least one of thefollowing is also included:

locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are determined according to aresource index of the bound synchronization signals; and

the locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are adjacent to the boundsynchronization signals.

Alternatively, the synchronization signals are used for indicatingmapping information of the first-class signaling messages, wherein themapping information includes bandwidths, locations and multiplexingmanners.

Alternatively, a scrambling code of the first-class signaling messagesis determined according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals associated with the first-class signaling messages.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, further detectionmethod of signaling messages is provided, including: determiningfirst-class signaling messages, wherein the first-class signalingmessages include at least one of the following: a configuration messageof a system parameter, or a configuration message of a broadcastparameter, or a configuration message of a multicast parameter, aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the system parameter, or a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thebroadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;detecting synchronization signals, and determining a sequence of thesynchronization signals; determining locations of transmission resourcesof the first-class signalings according to the sequence of thesynchronization signals; and detecting the first-class signalingmessages on the locations of the transmission resources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmissionapparatus of signaling messages is provided, including a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals, wherein N>=1; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine M sets offirst-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals, wherein M<=N; a third determination module,which is configured to determine locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages; and a transmissionmodule, which is configured to respectively transmit the N groups ofsynchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources and the locations of the transmission resources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmissionapparatus of signaling messages is provided, including a determinationmodule, which is configured to determine first-class signaling messages,wherein the first-class signaling messages include at least one of thefollowing: a configuration message of a system parameter, or aconfiguration message of a broadcast parameter, or a configurationmessage of a multicast parameter, a physical layer control messageindicating a physical layer transport configuration of the systemparameter, or a physical layer control message indicating a physicallayer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or a physicallayer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a grouping module,which is configured to classify the first-class signaling messages intoat least two groups; and a transmission module, which is configured totransmit the grouped first-class signaling messages.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmissionapparatus of signaling messages is provided, including a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine transmissionresources of the first-class signaling messages; a transmission module,which is configured to transmit the first-class signaling messages onthe transmission resources; and a processing module, which is configuredto transmit synchronization signals and indicate transmission resourcesof the first-class signalings by a sequence of the synchronizationsignals, or configure the transmission resources of the first-classsignalings by a signaling.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a detectionapparatus of signaling messages is provided, including a detectionmodule, which is configured to detect synchronization signals andimplement synchronization; a determination module, which is configuredto determine locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages associated with the synchronization signals accordingto the synchronization signals; and a reception module, which isconfigured to receive the first-class signaling messages on thelocations of the resources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a detectionapparatus of signaling messages is provided, including a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a first detectionmodule, which is configured to detect synchronization signals, anddetermine a sequence of the synchronization signals; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine locations oftransmission resources of the first-class signalings according to thesequence of the synchronization signals; and a second detection module,which is configured to detect the first-class signaling messages on thelocations of the transmission resources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmissionsystem of signaling messages is provided, including a transmission endand a reception end, wherein the transmission end includes a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals, wherein N>=1; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine M sets offirst-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals, wherein M<=N; a third determination module,which is configured to determine locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages; and a transmissionmodule, which is configured to respectively transmit the N groups ofsynchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources and the locations of the transmission resources;and the reception end includes a detection module, which is configuredto detect the synchronization signals and implement synchronization; afourth determination module, which is configured to determine locationsof the transmission resources of the first-class signaling messagesassociated with the synchronization signals according to thesynchronization signals; and a reception module, which is configured toreceive the first-class signaling messages on the locations of theresources.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a transmissionsystem of signaling messages is provided, including a transmission endand a reception end, wherein the transmission end includes a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine transmissionresources of the first-class signaling messages; a transmission module,which is configured to transmit the first-class signaling messages onthe transmission resources; and a processing module, which is configuredto transmit synchronization signals and indicate the transmissionresources of the first-class signalings according to a sequence of thesynchronization signals, or configure the transmission resources of thefirst-class signalings by a signaling; and the reception end includes athird determination module, which is configured to determine thefirst-class signaling messages; a first detection module, which isconfigured to detect the synchronization signals, and determine asequence of the synchronization signals; a fourth determination module,which is configured to determine locations of the transmission resourcesof the first-class signalings according to the sequence of thesynchronization signals; and a second detection module, which isconfigured to detect the first-class signaling messages on the locationsof the transmission resources.

According to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, a storagemedium is further provided. The storage medium is configured to store aprogram code used for performing the following steps:

determining N groups of synchronization signals and transmissionresources corresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals,wherein N>=1;

determining M sets of first-class signaling messages associated with theN groups of synchronization signals, wherein M<=N;

determining locations of the transmission resources of the M sets offirst-class signaling messages; and

respectively transmitting the N groups of synchronization signals andthe first-class signaling messages on the transmission resources and thelocations of the transmission resources.

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals are determined, wherein N>=1; M setsof first-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals are determined, wherein M<=N; and the N groupsof synchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages arerespectively transmitted on the transmission resources and the locationsof the transmission resources. By means of the present disclosure, theproblems of coverage and efficiency of a broadcast channel which arecaused during wide beam transmission in the related art are solved.Needs of users of different ranges may be met.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

Accompanying drawings described herein are intended to provide a furtherunderstanding of the present disclosure, and are incorporated into andconstitute a part of the present disclosure. Exemplary embodiments andits illustrations of the present disclosure are intended to explain thepresent disclosure, but not improperly limit the present disclosure. Inthe accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1(a) is a first schematic diagram of a processing procedure of atransmission end of transmitting a MIB on a PBCH in a LTE in the relatedart of the present disclosure;

FIG. 1(b) is a second schematic diagram of a processing procedure of atransmission end of transmitting a MIB on a PBCH in a LTE in the relatedart of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of transmission of a wide beam and anarrow beam in the related art of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting signaling messagesaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of another method for transmitting signalingmessages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of yet another method for transmitting signalingmessages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a detection method of signaling messagesaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another detection method of signaling messagesaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a structure of a transmission systemof signaling messages according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a structure of another transmissionsystem of signaling messages according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of scanning of transmittingsynchronization signals according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing that different first-classmessage subtypes correspond to different transmission resources andtransmission parameter sets according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of association between first-classsignaling messages and synchronization signals according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a first diagram showing a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of first-class signaling messages andsynchronization signals in a time domain according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a second diagram showing a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of first-class signaling messages andsynchronization signals in a time domain according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a third diagram showing a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of first-class signaling messages andsynchronization signals in a time domain according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 16 is a fourth diagram showing a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of first-class signaling messages andsynchronization signals in a time domain according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is a fifth diagram showing a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of first-class signaling messages andsynchronization signals in a time domain according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing a binding relationship betweenone set of first-class signaling messages and multiple synchronizationsignals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of a time-frequency resource mappingconfiguration of a second-class channel according to an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present disclosure will be described in detail below with referenceto accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments. It should benoted that the embodiments in the present disclosure and features in theembodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It is to be noted that terms “first”, “second”, and the like in thespecification and claims as well as the accompanying drawings of thepresent disclosure are used to distinguish similar objects, and are notnecessarily used to describe a particular order or precedence order.

A First Embodiment

A method for transmitting signaling messages is provided in thisembodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for transmitting signalingmessages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shownin FIG. 3, the transmission method includes the following steps:

in step S302, N groups of synchronization signals and transmissionresources corresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals aredetermined, wherein N>=1;

in step S304, M sets of first-class signaling messages associated withthe N groups of synchronization signals are determined, wherein M<=N;

in step S306, locations of the transmission resources of the M sets offirst-class signaling messages are determined; and

in step S308, the N groups of synchronization signals and thefirst-class signaling messages are respectively transmitted on thetransmission resources and the locations of the transmission resources

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals are determined, wherein N>=1; M setsof first-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals are determined, wherein M<=N; and the N groupsof synchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages arerespectively transmitted on the transmission resources and the locationsof the transmission resources. By means of the present disclosure, theproblems of coverage and efficiency of a broadcast channel which arecaused during wide beam transmission in the related art are solved.Needs of users of different ranges may be met.

Alternatively, an execution body of the foregoing steps may be atransmission end, such as a base station, a terminal, and the like, butis not limited thereto.

Alternatively, the N groups of synchronization signals correspond toconfiguration information of N different types of transmissionresources.

Alternatively, resource types of the transmission resources include atleast one of the following: beam resources, port resources, antennaresources, frequency-domain resources, sequence resources andtime-domain resources.

Alternatively, the first-class signaling messages include at least oneof the following:

a configuration message of a system parameter/a broadcast parameter/amulticast parameter;

a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransmission configuration of the system parameter/the broadcastparameter/the multicast parameter;

a signaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel;

a signaling configuration message (a common search space(CSS)/UE-specific search space (USS)) transmitted in a physical controlchannel, it is to be explained here that, a common control message and aspecialized control message are in a scenario of the search space, whichis also called the common search space and the proprietary search space.For this case, the same applies to this embodiment as well.

Alternatively, an association relationship between the synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages includes:

a reference demodulation relationship between transport of thefirst-class signaling messages and transport of the synchronizationsignals;

a correspondence relationship between the transport of the first-classsignaling messages and the transport of the synchronization signals andone of the following: transmission beams, reception beams, virtualsectors, ports, antennas and transport nodes;

a quasi-co-location relationship between a transmission signal of thefirst-class signaling messages and a transmission signal of thesynchronization signals; and

an association relationship between a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages and resource locations used to transmitthe synchronization signals, wherein the resource location includes atleast one of the following: sequences, sequence locations, beams,sectors, antennas and ports.

Alternatively, one set of the first-class signaling messages isassociated with one or more groups of the synchronization signals.

Alternatively, the association relationship between the M sets offirst-class signaling messages and the N groups of synchronizationsignals is determined by a type of the first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, that the first-class signaling messages associated withthe N groups of synchronization signals are determined includes: M setsof first-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals are determined according to the type of thefirst signaling message.

Alternatively, that the M sets of first-class signaling messagesassociated with the N groups of synchronization signals are determinedincludes:

S11, a configuration parameter used to indicate the associationrelationship between the M sets of first-class signaling messages andthe N groups of synchronization signals is acquired; and

S12, the M sets of first-class signaling messages associated with the Ngroups of synchronization signals are determined according toconfiguration information, wherein the association relationship has beenillustrated above.

Alternatively, the configuration information includes a value of the Mand a number of groups of synchronization signals associated with thefirst-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, a scrambling code of the first-class signaling messagesis determined according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals associated with the first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, that locations of the transmission resources of the Msets of first-class signaling messages are determined includes:frequency division and/or time division are/is performed thetransmission resources of synchronization signals associated with thefirst-class signaling messages to obtain the transmission resources ofthe first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, that locations of the transmission resources of the Msets of first-class signaling messages are determined includes one ofthe following:

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X2 time-domain symbols preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domain symbols are consecutivetime-domain symbols; and

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto.

Alternatively, when the locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind orpreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, at least one of thefollowing is also included:

locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are determined according to aresource index of the bound synchronization signals; and

the locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are adjacent to the boundsynchronization signals.

Alternatively, a solution of this embodiment further includes: mappinginformation of the first-class signaling messages is indicated by thesynchronization signals, wherein the mapping information includesbandwidths, locations and multiplexing manners.

Another method for transmitting signaling messages is provided in thisembodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for transmittingsignaling messages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission method includes the followingsteps:

in step S402, first-class signaling messages are determined, wherein thefirst-class signaling messages include at least one of the following: aconfiguration message of a system parameter, or a configuration messageof a broadcast parameter, or a configuration message of a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter, or a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe broadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicatinga physical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;

in step S404, the first-class signaling messages are classified into atleast two groups; and

in step S406, the grouped first-class signaling messages aretransmitted.

Alternatively, that the first-class signaling messages are classifiedinto at least two groups includes: the first-class signaling messagesare classified into at least two groups according to an agreement of atransmission end and a reception end of the first-class signalingmessages.

Alternatively, that the first-class signaling messages are classifiedinto at least two groups includes one of the following rules:

the first-class signaling messages are classified into at least twogroups according to a type of the first-class signaling messages;

the first-class signaling messages are classified into at least twogroups according to a transmission period of the first-class signalingmessages; and

the first-class signaling messages are classified into at least twogroups according to an overhead size of the first-class signalingmessages.

Alternatively, that the grouped first-class signaling messages aretransmitted includes one of the following:

at least one of the following parameters used by the transmission isdetermined according to the group to which the first-class signalingmessages belong: transmission beams, transmitting ports, transmissionsectors and a number of sectors;

a size of time-frequency resources used by the transmission isdetermined according to the group to which the first-class signalingmessages belong; and

a configuration of a reference demodulation signal used by thetransmission is determined according to the group to which thefirst-class signaling messages belong.

Alternatively, that the grouped first-class signaling messages aretransmitted includes: at least one group of information is transmittedon a first-class channel; transmission parameter configurationinformation of a second-class channel is transmitted on the first-classchannel; and information included by another group of first-classsignaling messages is transmitted on the second-class channel, wherein atransmission bandwidth of the first-class channel is agreed by thetransmission end or the reception end.

In this embodiment, the transmission parameter configuration informationincludes one or more of the following:

a transmitting port and an antenna configuration of the second-classchannel;

a transmission sector and a beam configuration of the second-classchannel;

a transmission technique configuration of the second-class channel;

a beam configuration of the second-class channel;

a time-domain resource size/location configuration of the second-classchannel;

a frequency-domain resource size/location configuration of thesecond-class channel;

a power configuration of the second-class channel;

a corresponding pilot configuration of the second-class channel; and

a time-frequency resource mapping configuration of the second-classchannel.

Alternatively, the first-class channel is a first physical broadcast ormulticast channel, and the second-class channel is a second physicalbroadcast or multicast channel.

Alternatively, there is at least one time interval Ts between thefirst-class channel and the second-class channel, the time interval Tsis greater than or equal to the minimum transmission duration of thefirst-class channel, and another first-class channel is transmitted inthe time interval Ts.

Alternatively, the time interval Ts is greater than or equal to theminimum transmission duration of the synchronization signals, and thesynchronization signals are transmitted in the time interval Ts.Moreover, the transmission of the first-class channel is greater thanthe transmission of the second-class channel by using the followingparameters: transmission beams, transmission sectors and a number ofports.

Yet another method for transmitting signaling messages is provided inthis embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of yet another method fortransmitting signaling messages according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the transmission method includesthe following steps:

in step S502, first-class signaling messages are determined, wherein thefirst-class signaling messages include at least one of the following: aconfiguration message of a system parameter, or a configuration messageof a broadcast parameter, or a configuration message of a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter, or a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe broadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicatinga physical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;

in step S504, transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are determined;

in step S506, the first-class signaling messages are transmitted on thetransmission resources; and

in step S508, synchronization signals are transmitted and transmissionresources of the first-class signalings are indicated by a sequence ofthe synchronization signals, or the transmission resources of thefirst-class signalings are configured by a signaling.

Alternatively, before the transmission of the first-class signalingmessages on the transmission resources, the method further includes:first-class signalings are classified into at least two groups, whereinthe at least two groups of first-class signalings respectivelycorrespond to the configured transmission resources.

A detection method of signaling messages is provided in this embodiment,and FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a detection method of signaling messagesaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG.6, the detection method includes the following steps:

in step S602, synchronization signals are detected and synchronizationis implemented;

in step S604, locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages associated with the synchronization signals aredetermined according to the synchronization signals; and

in step S606, the first-class signaling messages are received on thelocations of the resources.

Alternatively, the first-class signaling messages include at least oneof the following: a configuration message of a system parameter, or aconfiguration message of a broadcast parameter, or a configurationmessage of a multicast parameter, a physical layer control messageindicating a physical layer transport configuration of the systemparameter, a signaling configuration message transmitted in a physicalbroadcast or multicast channel, and a signaling configuration messagetransmitted in a physical control channel, wherein the signalingconfiguration message includes a common control message and aspecialized control message.

Alternatively, an association relationship between the synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages includes:

a reference demodulation relationship between transport of thefirst-class signaling messages and transport of the synchronizationsignals;

a correspondence relationship between the transport of the first-classsignaling messages and the transport of the synchronization signals andone of the following: transmission beams, reception beams, virtualsectors, ports, antennas and transport nodes;

a quasi-co-location relationship between a transmission signal of thefirst-class signaling messages and a transmission signal of thesynchronization signals; and

an association relationship between a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages and resource locations used to transmitthe synchronization signals, wherein the resource location includes atleast one of the following: sequences, sequence locations, beams,sectors, antennas and ports.

Alternatively, that locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages associated with the synchronization signals aredetermined according to the synchronization signals includes one of thefollowing:

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X2 time-domain symbols preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in the same time-domain symbols as the synchronizationsignals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound thereto as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto, wherein the X1time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domain symbols are consecutivetime-domain symbols; and

the locations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding thesynchronization signals bound thereto. Particularly, when the locationsof the transmission resources of the first-class signaling messages arein Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding the synchronizationsignals bound thereto, at least one of the following is also included:locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols are determined according to aresource index of the bound synchronization signals; and the locationsof the Y1 time-domain symbols are adjacent to the bound synchronizationsignals.

Alternatively, the synchronization signals are also used to indicatemapping information of the first-class signaling messages, wherein themapping information includes bandwidths, locations and multiplexingmanners.

Alternatively, a scrambling code of the first-class signaling messagesis determined according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals associated with the first-class signaling messages.

Further detection method of signaling messages is provided in thisembodiment, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart of another detection method ofsignaling messages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 7, the detection method includes the following steps:

in step S702, first-class signaling messages are determined, wherein thefirst-class signaling messages include at least one of the following: aconfiguration message of a system parameter, or a configuration messageof a broadcast parameter, or a configuration message of a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter, or a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe broadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicatinga physical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message;

in step S704, the synchronization signals are detected, and a sequenceof the synchronization signals is determined;

in step S706, locations of transmission resources of the first-classsignalings are determined according to the sequence of thesynchronization signals; and

in step S708, the first-class signaling messages are detected on thelocations of the transmission resources.

By means of the description of the above embodiments, those skilled inthe art may clearly understand that the method according to the aboveembodiment may be implemented by means of software plus a necessarygeneral hardware platform, and certainly may be implemented by means ofhardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation.Based on such an understanding, a portion of the technical solution ofthe present disclosure, which is essential or contributes to the priorart, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in astorage medium (such as a ROM/RAM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk) andincluding a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (whichmay be a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, and thelike) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

A Second Embodiment

A transmission apparatus, a detection apparatus and a system ofsignaling messages are provided in this embodiment. The apparatuses areconfigured to implement the foregoing embodiments and preferredembodiments, which have already been described and therefore will beomitted. As used below, the term “module” may implement a combination ofsoftware and/or hardware with a predetermined function. Although theapparatuses described in the following embodiments are preferablyimplemented in software, hardware or a combination of software andhardware is also possible and contemplated.

This embodiment provides a transmission apparatus of signaling messages,which is applied to a transmission end and includes a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals, wherein N>=1; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine M sets offirst-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals, wherein M<=N; a third determination module,which is configured to determine locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages; and a transmissionmodule, which is configured to respectively transmit the N groups ofsynchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources and the locations of the transmission resources.

This embodiment provides another transmission apparatus of signalingmessages, which is applied to a transmission end and includes adetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a grouping module,which is configured to classify the first-class signaling messages intoat least two groups; and a transmission module, which is configured totransmit the grouped first-class signaling messages.

This embodiment provides yet another transmission apparatus of signalingmessages, which is applied to a transmission end and includes a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine transmissionresources of the first-class signaling messages; a transmission module,which is configured to transmit the first-class signaling messages onthe transmission resources; and a processing module, which is configuredto transmit synchronization signals and indicate transmission resourcesof the first-class signalings by a sequence of the synchronizationsignals, or configure the transmission resources of the first-classsignalings by a signaling.

This embodiment provides a detection apparatus of signaling messages,which is applied to a reception end and includes a detection module,which is configured to detect synchronization signals and implementsynchronization; a determination module, which is configured todetermine locations of transmission resources of first-class signalingmessages associated with the synchronization signals according to thesynchronization signals; and a reception module, which is configured toreceive the first-class signaling messages on the locations of theresources.

This embodiment provides further detection apparatus of signalingmessages, which is applied to a reception end and includes a firstdetermination module, which is configured to determine first-classsignaling messages, wherein the first-class signaling messages includeat least one of the following: a configuration message of a systemparameter, or a configuration message of a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message of a multicast parameter, a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thesystem parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter, a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message includes a commoncontrol message and a specialized control message; a first detectionmodule, which is configured to detect synchronization signals, anddetermine a sequence of the synchronization signals; a seconddetermination module, which is configured to determine locations oftransmission resources of the first-class signalings according to thesequence of the synchronization signals; and a second detection module,which is configured to detect the first-class signaling messages on thelocations of the transmission resources.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a structure of a transmission systemof signaling messages according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 8, the system includes a transmission end80 and a reception end 82, wherein the transmission end 80 includes afirst determination module 802, which is configured to determine Ngroups of synchronization signals and transmission resourcescorresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals, wherein N>=1;a second determination module 804, which is configured to determine Msets of first-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals, wherein M<=N; a third determination module 806,which is configured to determine locations of the transmission resourcesof the M sets of first-class signaling messages; and a transmissionmodule 808, which is configured to respectively transmit the N groups ofsynchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources and the locations of the transmission resources;and

the reception end 82 includes a detection module 822, which isconfigured to detect the synchronization signals and implementsynchronization; a fourth determination module 824, which is configuredto determine locations of the transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages associated with the synchronization signals accordingto the synchronization signals; and a reception module 826, which isconfigured to receive the first-class signaling messages on thelocations of the resources.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a structure of another transmissionsystem of signaling messages according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. As shown in FIG. 9, the system includes a transmission end90 and a reception end 92, wherein the transmission end 90 includes afirst determination module 902, which is configured to determinefirst-class signaling messages, wherein the first-class signalingmessages include at least one of the following: a configuration messageof a system parameter, or a configuration message of a broadcastparameter, or a configuration message of a multicast parameter, aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the system parameter, or a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thebroadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter, asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel, a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messageincludes a common control message and a specialized control message; asecond determination module 904, which is configured to determinetransmission resources of the first-class signaling messages; atransmission module 906, which is configured to transmit the first-classsignaling messages on the transmission resources; and a processingmodule 908, which is configured to transmit synchronization signals andindicate the transmission resources of the first-class signalingsaccording to a sequence of the synchronization signals, or configure thetransmission resources of the first-class signalings by a signaling; and

the reception end 92 includes a third determination module 922, which isconfigured to determine the first-class signaling messages; a firstdetection module 924, which is configured to detect the synchronizationsignals, and determine a sequence of the synchronization signals; afourth determination module 926, which is configured to determinelocations of the transmission resources of the first-class signalingsaccording to the sequence of the synchronization signals; and a seconddetection module 928, which is configured to detect the first-classsignaling messages on the locations of the transmission resources.

It should be noted that the above modules may be implemented by softwareor hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by thefollowing manners including but not limited to, the foregoing modulesare all located in the same processor; or the above modules are locatedin different processors in a form of any combination.

A Third Embodiment

This embodiment is an optional embodiment of the present disclosure,which is used to describe this application in detail according to aspecific scenario. A manner in the related art of the present disclosurestill uses a wide beam for transmission, which causes problems ofcoverage and efficiency of a broadcast channel. In addition, if somemessages currently included in the broadcast channel and some newlyadded information have requirements intended for users of differentranges, such as some configuration messages intended for UE groups ofdifferent ranges, then there is a need for a new broadcast or multicastinformation transmission method. Embodiments include a number ofspecific embodiments.

A Specific Embodiment A

In a synchronous signal transmission mode based on radio-frequency beamscanning, FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of scanning of transmittingsynchronization signals according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. The synchronization signals (SN) are transmitted tocorresponding directions by using different radio-frequency beams atdifferent moments. Because it is necessary for the synchronizationsignals to generally guarantee full coverage, a scanning range isgenerally a coverage range of a cell; the narrower the beam is, thelarger the gain is and the wider the coverage is, but the more scanningbeams required are, the longer the corresponding time is.

This scanning mode is to simply give a single transmission channel; andfor a case of radio-frequency beam time division, if there are multipletransmission channels, other beam multiplexing modes may also beperformed.

It is necessary for a transmission end to determine N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals; in general, the N groups ofsynchronization signals correspond to N different transmission resourceconfigurations; for resource types, in addition to the aforementionedtime-domain symbols and beam resources, the transmission resources maybe antenna port resources or may be called antenna resources;frequency-domain resources; sequence resources and the like; forexample, the synchronization signals transmitted by using differentbeams may be distinguished by using different antenna ports; thesynchronization signals transmitted by using different beams may also bedistinguished by using different frequency-domain resources; and thesynchronization signals transmitted by using different beams may also bedistinguished on different sequence resources.

In a downlink, a terminal needs to receive a lot of importantinformation; these pieces of important information mainly include systemparameters, such as some important configuration information, such asbandwidth configurations, frame structures, numerology parameters,access parameters, channel configurations, and the like, of a physicallayer; in addition to some parameters in the traditional 4G, here shouldalso include some physical layer configuration parameters that will benewly introduced in the 5G; the system message is not limited to theconfiguration information of the physical layer, and may also be theconfiguration information of a higher layer.

These parameters are generally transmitted on a physical layer broadcastchannel (PBCH), or indicate transport locations on a physical layercontrol channel (PDCCH), and are transmitted in a physical layer datachannel; it may be seen that information content itself is generallydirectly transmitted when these parameters are transmitted on the PBCH,if these parameters are transmitted on the control channel, one piece oftransport indication information instead of the parameters themselves istransmitted; these messages are transmitted in a cell broadcast mode inthe 4G, and may be transmitted in a cell broadcast or sector multicastmode in the 5G; and the multicast mode is only intended for a user groupcomposed of some users instead of users in all cells.

For the above these pieces of information, we collectively refer tofirst-class signalings, and the first-class signalings mentioned in thepresent disclosure include:

-   -   a configuration message of a system parameter/a broadcast        parameter/a multicast parameter;    -   a physical layer control message indicating a physical layer        transport configuration of the system parameter;    -   a signaling configuration message transmitted in a physical        broadcast or multicast channel; and    -   a signaling configuration message (CSS/USS) transmitted in a        physical control channel.

How to transmit the first-class signalings is a problem that the presentdisclosure needs to solve; we propose some ways of the following ways totransmit the first-class signalings:

the first way is that a synchronization channel is associated and boundwith a channel of transmitting the first-class signalings, and anassociation relationship here includes:

-   -   there is a reference demodulation relationship between transport        of some or all of the first-class signaling messages and        transport of the synchronization signals;    -   a correspondence relationship between the transport of the        first-class signaling messages and the transport of the        synchronization signals and (receive/transmit) beams/virtual        sectors/ports/antennas/transport nodes; and    -   a quasi-co-location relationship between a transmission signal        of some or all of the first-class signaling messages and a        transmission signal of the synchronization signals.

There is an association relationship between a scrambling mode of someor all of the first-class signaling messages and locations (sequences,locations, beams, sectors, antennas, ports, and the like) of thetransmission resources used by the synchronization signals.

A Specific Embodiment A-1

The total transmission resource set corresponding to a channel offirst-class signalings may be a larger resource set, such as S beams, orS sequences, or S virtual sectors, or S antennas, or S time-domainsymbol groups, or S frequency-domain resource blocks, and the like,wherein S is an integer greater than 0.

However, in order to obtain better transmission efficiency, robustness,and configuration flexibility, the transmission granularity of thefirst-class signaling messages may be determined according to somemodes. An example of the so-called division of the transmissiongranularity is Table 2, and Table 2 is a table of the division of thetransmission granularity of the embodiment of the present disclosure.

TABLE 2 per set of Maximal number of Transmission signaling sets ofsignalings granularity Total transmission which may be configurationresources resources transmitted 1 S S₁ M_(n) = S/S₁ 2 S S₂ M_(n) = S/S₂. . . . . . . . . . . . n S S_(n) M_(n) = S/S_(n)

In general, S₁, S₂ . . . S_(n) may be exactly divisible by S. If it maynot be exactly divisible, then the number of resources transmitted by aset of signalings is determined by modulo (Mod).

Different first-class signalings may have different transmissiongranularity configurations, corresponding to different “each set ofsignaling transmission resources” and “the maximal number of sets ofsignalings that may be transmitted”.

Among them, a division mode may be based on a type of the first-classsignaling messages;

A simple example is that for some basic system parameters, such assystem bandwidth information, only one set of signalings may betransmitted, all beams transmit the same content; and for some othermessages, such as a physical random access channel (PRACH for short)configuration, different configurations may be transmitted by differentbeams, that is, the transmission granularities of the same set ofparameter information are different.

Another example is that x sets of first-class signaling messagesdirectly informing the parameters are transmitted, wherein x>=1; and ysets of physical layer control messages indicating the physical layertransmission configurations of the parameters are transmitted, whereiny>x, that is, the number of the transmission resources (e.g. beams) ofthe first-class signaling messages directly informing the parameters isgreater than the number of the transmission resources (e.g. beams) ofthe physical layer control messages indicating the physical layertransport configurations of the parameters.

Yet another example is that x sets of signaling configuration messagesare transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, whereinx>=1; and y sets of signaling configuration messages are transmitted ina physical control channel, wherein y>x; that is, the number of thetransmission resources (e.g. beams) of the first-class signalingmessages directly informing the parameters is greater than the number ofthe transmission resources (e.g. beams) of the physical layer controlmessages indicating the physical layer transport configurations of theparameters.

In addition to some examples mentioned above, more detailed granularitydivision may be performed according to a specific type of thefirst-class signaling messages, so that the transport efficiency isrelatively high, such as an example given in Table 3 below. Table 3 is atable of performing division according to a type of first-classsignaling messages according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

TABLE 3 Type of first signaling Transmission granularity messagesconfiguration A 1 B 2 . . . . . . H n

The types A, B . . . H of the first signaling messages may be variousmessages mentioned in the introduction of the prior art, and may alsoinclude some types newly introduced in the 5G. The granularityconfiguration may use all resources, and may use ½ resources, ¼resources, and the like. The present disclosure focuses on a flexiblegranularity message transmission method. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagramshowing that different first-class message subtypes correspond todifferent transmission resources and the number of sets of transmitparameters according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The transmission granularity of the first-class signalings of variousdifferent subtypes may be determined by characteristics of the subtypes,with different coverage ranges and oriented UE groups.

The above-mentioned way for pre-determining the transmission granularityis suitable for initially-accessed UE; the transmission granularity mayalso be configured by a signaling, and is more suitable for a case ofnon-initial access, such as a case of cell handover; the transmissiongranularity of the first-class signaling messages may be informed byperforming some signaling configurations by a previous cell; and thereis also a case where low frequency assists high frequency, and a lowfrequency cell enters a communication to obtain configurationinformation of the granularity, and then goes to the high frequency forperforming synchronous access.

A transmission end may transmit, through other carrierfrequencies/cells, configuration parameters indicating an associationrelationship between multiple types of first-class signaling messagesand multiple groups of synchronization signals, for instance, indicatingan association relationship between a certain subtype of first-classsignaling messages and one synchronization signal or one group ofsynchronization signals, to a reception end, wherein if theconfiguration parameters indicates an association relationship between acertain subtype of first-class signaling messages and one group ofsynchronization signals, there is a need for informing the number ofsynchronization signals included in the one group of signals.

A scrambling code of the first-class signaling messages may bedetermined according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals bound thereto; when the first-class signalings are scrambled,one scrambling code may be used, and when the scrambling code isinitialized, there may be an initialization parameter, which may bedetermined by the resource index used by the synchronization signalsbound to the first-class signaling messages.

A Specific Embodiment A-2

This embodiment is used to describe a relationship between locations oftransmission resources of M sets of first type signaling messagesinvolved in the embodiment A and locations of transmission resources ofsynchronization signals associated with the first-class signalingmessages.

In general, frequency division and/or time division are/is performed onthe transmission resources of the first-class signaling messages and thetransmission resources of the synchronization signals associated withthe first-class signaling messages, particularly, there are thefollowing modes.

The first mode: locations of transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols as thesynchronization signals bound thereto. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram ofassociation between first-class signaling messages and synchronizationsignals according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, as shownin FIG. 12, two specific examples are given, wherein a dimensioncorresponding to a horizontal axis is a time domain, such as an OFDMsymbol, and a dimension corresponding to the vertical axis is afrequency domain, such as a subcarrier; and as shown in FIG. 12, adimension corresponding to a horizontal axis is a time domain, such asan orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and adimension corresponding to a vertical axis is a frequency domain, suchas a subcarrier.

The first-class signaling messages are in the same OFDM symbols as thesynchronization signals, and are subjected to frequency division withthe synchronization signals. Specifically, there are several cases,which respectively correspond to three pictures of FIG. 12, and thereare two cases on one side of the synchronization signals, there are twocases on both sides of the synchronization signals; and preferably, thefirst-class signaling messages here should be adjacent to thesynchronization signals.

The second mode: locations of transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols as thesynchronization signals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbols behindthe synchronization signals bound thereto; and preferably, the X1time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols. FIG. 13 is afirst diagram showing a relationship between locations of transmissionresources of first-class signaling messages and synchronization signalsin a time domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.As shown in FIG. 13, it is a typical example, wherein a dimensioncorresponding to a horizontal axis is a time domain, such as an OFDMsymbol, and a dimension corresponding to a vertical axis is a frequencydomain, such as a subcarrier.

In addition to this, a symbol in which the synchronization signals fortransmitting the first-class signaling messages and the synchronizationsignals are located may have a smaller bandwidth than that of asubsequent symbol for transmitting the first-class signaling messages.

The third mode: locations of transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols as thesynchronization signals bound thereto and X₂ time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto; furthermore, the X₂time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols. FIG. 14 is asecond diagram showing a relationship between locations of transmissionresources of first-class signaling messages and synchronization signalsin a time domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Atypical example is shown in FIG. 14, wherein a dimension correspondingto a horizontal axis is a time domain, such as an OFDM symbol, and adimension corresponding to a vertical axis is a frequency domain, suchas a subcarrier.

The fourth mode: locations of transmission resources of the first-classsignaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols as thesynchronization signals bound thereto and X₁ time-domain symbols behindthe synchronization signals bound thereto and X₂ time domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto. Furthermore, the X₁time-domain symbols and the X₂ time-domain symbols are consecutivetime-domain symbols. FIG. 15 is a third diagram showing a relationshipbetween locations of transmission resources of first-class signalingmessages and synchronization signals in a time domain according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. A typical example is shown in FIG.15, wherein a dimension corresponding to a horizontal axis is a timedomain, such as an OFDM symbol, and a dimension corresponding to avertical axis is a frequency domain, such as a subcarrier.

The fifth mode: locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages are in a Y₁ time-domain symbol behind or precedingthe synchronization signals bound thereto; wherein a dimensioncorresponding to a horizontal axis is a time domain, such as an OFDMsymbol, and a dimension corresponding to a vertical axis is a frequencydomain, such as a subcarrier. FIG. 16 is a fourth diagram showing arelationship between locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages and synchronization signals in a time domainaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Preferably, locations of the Y₁ time-domain symbols are adjacent to thesynchronization signals bound thereto.

However, there may be a case where the symbols are not adjacent to thesynchronization signals. FIG. 17 is a fifth diagram showing arelationship between locations of transmission resources of first-classsignaling messages and synchronization signals in a time domainaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

For the latter two cases, the locations of the Y₁ time-domain symbolsare determined according to a resource index of the synchronizationsignals thereto; and because the synchronization signals of differentindexes are not exactly the same as the interval duration of thefirst-class signaling messages, the interval duration needs to bedetermined according to the index and the number of OFDM symbolsoccupied by the first-class signaling messages.

The transmission end may indicate mapping information of the first-classsignaling messages by using the synchronization signals, wherein themapping information includes information such asbandwidths/locations/multiplexing modes; and the transmission end mayindicate the mapping information by the locations of the synchronizationsignals, the sequence used, or information contents carried in thesynchronization signals.

After determining the synchronization signals and the transmissionresources of the first-class signalings, the transmission end transmitsfirst-class information and the synchronization signals on the locationsof the resources.

A Specific Embodiment A-3

In addition to some cases mentioned above, there may be a bindingrelationship between a set of first-class signaling messages and aplurality of synchronization signals below. FIG. 18 is a schematicdiagram showing a binding relationship between a set of first-classsignaling messages and a plurality of synchronization signals accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 18, adimension corresponding to a horizontal axis is a time domain, such asan OFDM symbol, and a dimension corresponding to a vertical axis is afrequency domain, such as a subcarrier.

A Specific Embodiment B

A base station of a transmission end firstly determines some first-classsignaling messages that need to be transmitted; these first-classsignaling messages have been introduced in the foregoing embodiment A,and include one or more of the following information: a configurationmessage of a system parameter/a broadcast parameter/a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter/the broadcastparameter/the multicast parameter, a signaling configuration messagetransmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, a signalingconfiguration message (CSS/USS) in a physical control channel; and thefirst-class signaling messages involved in this embodiment are the sameas before.

The base station needs to transmit multiple first-class informationmessages. Preferably, the base station may classify the multiplefirst-class signaling messages into multiple groups. Generally, thereare at least two groups, that is, the number of the groups is greaterthan or equal to 2.

A grouping method may be a mode in which a transmission end and areception end perform an agreement. For instance, a protocol specifieswhich first-class signaling messages are classified into a first group,which second-class signaling messages are classified into a secondgroup, and the like.

A grouping method may be based on a type of the first-class signalingmessages, for instance, the signaling messages whose importance degreesare close are classified into the same group.

A grouping method may be based on a period of the first-class signalingmessages, for instance, the messages with the same or approximatefrequency are classified into the same group.

The grouping method may be based on an overhead size of the first-classsignaling messages, for instance, the messages with similar overheadsare classified into the same group.

Here, two groups are taken as an example to illustrate the transmissionof multiple groups of first-class signaling messages, and the moregroups may be done in the same manner.

The base station transmits multiple groups of first-class signalingmessages, and there may be a transmission method of at least two groupsof first-class signaling messages, including:

the first group of messages is transmitted on a first-class channel,wherein transmit bandwidths of the first-class channel are agreed by thetransmission end or the reception end; configuration information oftransport parameters of the second-class channel are transmitted on thefirst-class channel; and the second group of messages is transmitted ona second-class channel.

More specific configuration information of the transport parametersincludes one or more of the following:

a transmitting port of the second-class channel: for instance, how manyports are used by the second-class channel, specifically, which ports,location information of the transmitting port, and the like;

a transmit antenna configuration of the second-class channel: forinstance, which antennas are used for transmission by the second-classchannel, an antenna topology, an architecture, and other information;

a transmission sector configuration of the second-class channel: forinstance, which transmission sectors are used for transmission by thesecond-class channel, number and sector ID;

a transmission beam configuration of the second-class channel: forinstance, which transmission beams are used for transmission by thesecond class of channels, number and beam ID, beam weight and otherinformation;

a transmission technique configuration of the second-class channel: forinstance, whether a precoding technique or a diversity technique isused;

a time-domain resource size/location configuration of the second-classchannel; for instance, how many OFDM symbols are used, and specificallywhich OFDM symbols are used;

a frequency-domain resource size/location configuration of thesecond-class channel; for instance, how many subcarriers are used, andspecifically which subcarriers are used;

a power configuration of the second-class channel; for instance, itstransmit power is offset relative to a transmit power of thesynchronization signals; or its transmit power is offset relative to atransmit power of its reference demodulation pilot; or a value of itstransmit power is directly reported; and

a corresponding pilot configuration of the second-class channel; forinstance, information about the location of the reference demodulationpilot, density, power, the number of ports, a multiplexing relationshipwith other signals and other information.

A time-frequency resource mapping configuration of the second-classchannel may also be included;

Preferably, the first-class channel is a first physical broadcast ormulticast channel, and the second-class channel is a second physicalbroadcast or multicast channel. FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of atime-frequency resource mapping configuration of a second-class channelaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Two cases aregiven in FIG. 19.

FIG. 19 shows only two manners, and except for the previous manner asshown in FIG. 19, another preferred manner is that the first-classchannel is a physical broadcast or multicast channel, and thesecond-class channel is a public control channel.

Considering that the information carried by the first-class channelneeds to be detected at the reception end for a period of time, if thefirst-class channel carries the configuration information of thesecond-class channel, before the information carried by the first-classchannel is detected, the information may not be correctly received anddetected by the second-class channel, so that there is a need forreserving a certain time. Therefore, there is at least one time intervalTs between the first-class channel and the second-class channel, Ts maybe in an absolute time unit, for example, a millisecond, a nanosecondand the like, or may be in the number of OFDM symbols.

In order to fully utilize the resources and to ensure that the timeinterval is sufficient, it is preferable to transmit the synchronizationsignals or other first-class channels within the interval as previouslyshown in FIG. 19.

A Specific Embodiment C

A base station of a transmission end firstly determines some first-classsignaling messages that need to be transmitted; these first-classsignaling messages have been introduced in the foregoing embodiment A,and include one or more of the following information: a configurationmessage of a system parameter/a broadcast parameter/a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter/the broadcastparameter/the multicast parameter, a signaling configuration messagetransmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, a signalingconfiguration message (CSS/USS) in a physical control channel; and thefirst-class signaling messages involved in this embodiment are the sameas before.

The base station needs to determine transmission resource of thefirst-class signaling messages. There may be a plurality of candidatelocations for the transmission resources of the first-class signalingmessages for selection, for instance:

the first mode: locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols asthe synchronization signals bound thereto;

the second mode: locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols asthe synchronization signals bound thereto and X1 time-domain symbolsbehind the synchronization signals bound thereto;

the third mode: locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols asthe synchronization signals bound thereto and X₂ time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto;

the fourth mode: locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in the same time-domain symbols asthe synchronization signals bound thereto and X₁ time-domain symbolsbehind the synchronization signals bound thereto as well as X₂time-domain symbols preceding the synchronization signals bound thereto;and

the fifth mode: locations of the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind orpreceding the synchronization signals bound thereto.

The base station may determine a mode according to the bandwidth, thetotal transmit power, and the coverage requirement, and then indicate amode by the information carried by a sequence of the synchronizationsignals.

The reception end may determine locations of transmit video resources ofthe first-class signaling messages according to an indication of thesequence of the synchronization signals, and perform correct detectionand reception.

In addition to this, the sequence of the synchronization signals mayalso inform frequency-domain locations, time-domain locations, and thelike transmitted by some other first-class signaling messages; and mayalso indicate multiple types of transmit locations in first-classsignalings respectively.

A Specific Embodiment D

A base station of a transmitting firstly determines some first-classsignaling messages that need to be transmitted; these first-classsignaling messages have been introduced in the foregoing embodiment A,and include one or more of the following information: a configurationmessage of a system parameter/a broadcast parameter/a multicastparameter, a physical layer control message indicating a physical layertransport configuration of the system parameter/the broadcastparameter/the multicast parameter, a signaling configuration messagetransmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel, a signalingconfiguration message (CSS/USS) in a physical control channel; and thefirst-class signaling messages involved in this embodiment are the sameas before.

The first-class signaling messages are classified into X groups, whereinX>=2; the grouping method is agreed by the transmission end and thereception end; the first-class signaling messages may be groupedaccording to a type of the first-class signaling messages; or groupedaccording to a transmission period of the first-class signalingmessages, as shown in Table 4; or grouped according to an overhead sizeof the first-class signaling messages, as shown in Table 5 and Table 6.

TABLE 4 First signaling message group Period Group A Configuration 1Group B Configuration 2 . . . . . . Group H Configuration n

TABLE 5 First signaling message group Overhead Group A Belonging to arange 1 Group B Belonging to a range 2 . . . . . . Group H Belonging toa range n

TABLE 6 First signaling message group Overhead Group A Belonging to atype set 1 Group B Belonging to a type set 2 . . . . . . Group HBelonging to a type set n

Another way is that the base station directly informs a terminal aftergrouping, without agreeing a grouping rule.

The base station needs to determine transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages, such as beams (Table 7), ports, thenumber of sectors (Table 9), and port and beam combinations (Table 8).

TABLE 7 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group A Beamset 1 Group B Beam set 2 . . . . . . Group H Beam set n

TABLE 8 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group A Port1, beam set 1 Group B Port 2, beam set 1 Group C Port 1, beam set 2Group D Port 2, beam set 2 . . . . . . Group G Port 1, beam set n GroupG Port 2, beam set n

TABLE 9 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group ASector set 1 Group B Sector set 2 . . . . . . Group H Sector set n

The base station needs to determine the transmission resources of thefirst-class signaling messages, such as time-frequency resourcelocations, wherein the frequency-domain resources are as shown in Table10, the time-domain resources are as shown in Table 11, and thetime-frequency resources are as shown in Table 12.

TABLE 10 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group AFrequency-domain resource set 1 Group B Frequency-domain resource set 2. . . . . . Group H Frequency-domain resource set n

TABLE 11 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group ATime-domain resource set 1 Group B Time-domain resource set 2 . . . . .. Group H Time-domain resource set n

TABLE 12 First signaling message group Transmission resource Group ATime-frequency resource set 1 Group B Time-frequency resource set 2 . .. . . . Group H Time-frequency resource set n

The base station transmits the first-class signaling messages on thetransmission resources determined above.

Correspondingly, the terminal determines, according to a configurationmessage of the base station or an agreed rule, a packet to which thefirst-class signaling messages to be detected belong, and thendetermines the number of the transmission beams/ports/sectors usedaccording to the group to which the first-class signaling messagesbelong, or determines a size of the time-frequency resources usedaccording to the group to which the first-class signaling messagesbelong, or determines a configuration of a reference demodulation signalaccording to the group to which the first-class signaling messagesbelong.

The terminal performs detection on the transmission resources thatdetermine the first-class signalings, and obtains the first-classsignaling messages.

A Fourth Embodiment

Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a storage medium.Alternatively, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may beconfigured to store a program code for performing the following steps:

S1, N groups of synchronization signals and transmission resourcescorresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals are determined,wherein N>=1;

S2, M sets of first-class signaling messages associated with the Ngroups of synchronization signals are determined, wherein M<=N;

S3, locations of the transmission resources of the M sets of first-classsignaling messages are determined; and

S4, the N groups of synchronization signals and the first-classsignaling messages are respectively transmitted on the transmissionresources and the locations of the transmission resources.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium mayinclude, but not limited to, a USB flash drive, a read-only memory(ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a mobile hard disk, a magnetic diskor an optical disk and other media that may store the program code.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, a processor performs, according tothe program code which has been stored in the storage medium,determination of N groups of synchronization signals and transmissionresources corresponding to the N groups of synchronization signals,wherein N>=1.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, a processor performs, according tothe program code which has been stored in the storage medium,determination of M sets of first-class signaling messages associatedwith the N groups of synchronization signals, wherein M<=N.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, a processor performs, according tothe program code which has been stored in the storage medium,determination of locations of the transmission resources of the M setsof first-class signaling messages.

Alternatively, in this embodiment, a processor performs, according tothe program code which has been stored in the storage medium, respectivetransmission of the N groups of synchronization signals and thefirst-class signaling messages on the transmission resources and thelocations of the transmission resources.

Alternatively, a specific example in this embodiment may refer to theexamples described in the foregoing embodiments and the alternativeembodiments, and this embodiment will be omitted herein.

Obviously, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodules or steps of the present disclosure described above may beimplemented by a general-purpose computing apparatus, may be centralizedon a single computing apparatus or distributed across a network composedof multiple computing apparatuses. Alternatively, they may beimplemented by the program code executable by the computing apparatus,such that they may be stored in a storage apparatus and performed by thecomputing apparatus, and in some cases, the shown or described steps maybe performed in an order different from the order herein, or they areseparately fabricated as individual integrated circuit modules, or aplurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a singleintegrated circuit module. In this way, the present disclosure is notlimited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the presentdisclosure, and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, andvarious modifications and changes may be made to the present disclosure.Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, and the likemade within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure are intendedto be included within the scope of the present disclosure.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, N groups ofsynchronization signals and transmission resources corresponding to theN groups of synchronization signals are determined, wherein N>=1; M setsof first-class signaling messages associated with the N groups ofsynchronization signals are determined, wherein M<=N; and the N groupsof synchronization signals and the first-class signaling messages arerespectively transmitted on the transmission resources and the locationsof the transmission resources. By means of the present disclosure, theproblems of coverage and efficiency of a broadcast channel which arecaused during wide beam transmission in the related art are solved.Needs of users of different ranges may be met.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for detecting signaling messages,comprising: detecting synchronization signals and implementingsynchronization; determining transmission resource locations offirst-class signaling messages associated with the synchronizationsignals according to the synchronization signals; and receiving thefirst-class signaling messages on the transmission resource locations.2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first-class signalingmessages comprise at least one of the following: a configuration messageabout a system parameter, or a configuration message about a broadcastparameter, or a configuration message about a multicast parameter; aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the system parameter, or a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thebroadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter; asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel; or a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messagetransmitted in the physical control channel comprises a common controlmessage and a specialized control message.
 3. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the synchronization signals and the first-classsignaling messages are associated in the following manners: transmissionof the first-class signaling messages and transmission of thesynchronization signals meet a reference demodulation relationship; thetransmission of the first-class signaling messages and the transmissionof the synchronization signals correspond to a same one selected fromtransmission beams, reception beams, virtual sectors, ports, antennasand transport nodes; a transmission signal of the first-class signalingmessages and a transmission signal of the synchronization signals meet aquasi-co-location relationship; and a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages is associated with resource locationsused for transmitting the synchronization signals, wherein the resourcelocations comprise at least one of the following: sequences, sequencelocations, beams, sectors, antennas and ports.
 4. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein the determining transmission resource locations offirst-class signaling messages associated with the synchronizationsignals according to the synchronization signals comprises one of thefollowing: the transmission resource locations of the first-classsignaling messages are in time-domain symbols same as the time-domainsymbols of the synchronization signals bound to the first-classsignaling messages; the transmission resource locations of thefirst-class signaling messages are in the time-domain symbols same asthe time-domain symbols of the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages, and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages,wherein the X1 time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;the transmission resource locations of the first-class signalingmessages are in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbolsof the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, and X2 time-domain symbols proceeding the synchronizationsignals bound to the first-class signaling messages, wherein the X2time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols; thetransmission resource locations of the first-class signaling messagesare in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbols of thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages, andX1 time-domain symbols behind the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, wherein the X1 time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols; and the transmissionresource locations of the first-class signaling messages are in Y1time-domain symbols behind or preceding the synchronization signalsbound to the first-class signaling messages.
 5. The method according toclaim 4, wherein when the transmission resource locations of thefirst-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind orpreceding the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, at least one of the following is also comprised: locations ofthe Y1 time-domain symbols are determined according to a resource indexof the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages; and the Y1 time-domain symbols are adjacent to thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages. 6.The method according to claim 1, wherein the synchronization signals arefurther used for indicating mapping information about the first-classsignaling messages, wherein the mapping information comprises abandwidth, a location and a multiplexing manner.
 7. The method accordingto claim 1, wherein a scrambling code of the first-class signalingmessages is determined according to a resource index used by thesynchronization signals associated with the first-class signalingmessages.
 8. An apparatus for detecting signaling messages, comprising:a processor; a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;wherein the processor is configured to: detect synchronization signalsand implement synchronization; determine transmission resource locationsof first-class signaling messages associated with the synchronizationsignals according to the synchronization signals; and receive thefirst-class signaling messages on the transmission resource locations.9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first-class signalingmessages comprise at least one of the following: a configuration messageabout a system parameter, or a configuration message about a broadcastparameter, or a configuration message about a multicast parameter; aphysical layer control message indicating physical layer transportconfiguration of the system parameter, or a physical layer controlmessage indicating a physical layer transport configuration of thebroadcast parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the multicast parameter; asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical broadcast ormulticast channel; or a signaling configuration message transmitted in aphysical control channel, wherein the signaling configuration messagetransmitted in the physical control channel comprises a common controlmessage and a specialized control message.
 10. The apparatus accordingto claim 8, wherein the synchronization signals and the first-classsignaling messages are associated in the following manners: transmissionof the first-class signaling messages and transmission of thesynchronization signals meet a reference demodulation relationship; thetransmission of the first-class signaling messages and the transmissionof the synchronization signals correspond to a same one selected fromtransmission beams, reception beams, virtual sectors, ports, antennasand transport nodes; a transmission signal of the first-class signalingmessages and a transmission signal of the synchronization signals meet aquasi-co-location relationship; and a scrambling manner of thefirst-class signaling messages is associated with resource locationsused for transmitting the synchronization signals, wherein the resourcelocations comprise at least one of the following: sequences, sequencelocations, beams, sectors, antennas and ports.
 11. The apparatusaccording to claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to determinethe transmission resource locations of the first-class signalingmessages associated with the synchronization signals according to thesynchronization signals in one of the following manners: thetransmission resource locations of the first-class signaling messagesare in time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbols of thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages; thetransmission resource locations of the first-class signaling messagesare in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbols of thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages, andX1 time-domain symbols behind the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages, wherein the X1 time-domain symbols areconsecutive time-domain symbols; the transmission resource locations ofthe first-class signaling messages are in the time-domain symbols sameas the time-domain symbols of the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages, and X2 time-domain symbols proceedingthe synchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages,wherein the X2 time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;the transmission resource locations of the first-class signalingmessages are in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbolsof the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, and X1 time-domain symbols behind the synchronization signalsbound to the first-class signaling messages as well as X2 time-domainsymbols preceding the synchronization signals bound to the first-classsignaling messages, wherein the X1 time-domain symbols and the X2time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols; and thetransmission resource locations of the first-class signaling messagesare in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding the synchronizationsignals bound to the first-class signaling messages.
 12. The apparatusaccording to claim 11, wherein in a case where the transmission resourcelocations of the first-class signaling messages are in Y1 time-domainsymbols behind or preceding the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages, the processor is further configured to:determine locations of the Y1 time-domain symbols according to aresource index of the synchronization signals bound to the first-classsignaling messages; or determine that the Y1 time-domain symbols areadjacent to the synchronization signals bound to the first-classsignaling messages.
 13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein thesynchronization signals are further used for indicating mappinginformation about the first-class signaling messages, wherein themapping information comprises a bandwidth, a location and a multiplexingmanner.
 14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the processor isconfigured to determine a scrambling code of the first-class signalingmessages according to a resource index used by the synchronizationsignals associated with the first-class signaling messages.
 15. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computerexecutable instructions that when executed by a processor cause theprocessor to perform: detecting synchronization signals and implementingsynchronization; determining transmission resource locations offirst-class signaling messages associated with the synchronizationsignals according to the synchronization signals; and receiving thefirst-class signaling messages on the transmission resource locations.16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according toclaim 15, wherein the first-class signaling messages comprise at leastone of the following: a configuration message about a system parameter,or a configuration message about a broadcast parameter, or aconfiguration message about a multicast parameter; a physical layercontrol message indicating a physical layer transport configuration ofthe system parameter, or a physical layer control message indicating aphysical layer transport configuration of the broadcast parameter, or aphysical layer control message indicating a physical layer transportconfiguration of the multicast parameter; a signaling configurationmessage transmitted in a physical broadcast or multicast channel; or asignaling configuration message transmitted in a physical controlchannel, wherein the signaling configuration message transmitted in thephysical control channel comprises a common control message and aspecialized control message.
 17. The non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium according to claim 15, wherein the synchronizationsignals and the first-class signaling messages are associated in thefollowing manners: transmission of the first-class signaling messagesand transmission of the synchronization signals meet a referencedemodulation relationship; the transmission of the first-class signalingmessages and the transmission of the synchronization signals correspondto a same one selected from transmission beams, reception beams, virtualsectors, ports, antennas and transport nodes; a transmission signal ofthe first-class signaling messages and a transmission signal of thesynchronization signals meet a quasi-co-location relationship; and ascrambling manner of the first-class signaling messages is associatedwith resource locations used for transmitting the synchronizationsignals, wherein the resource locations comprise at least one of thefollowing: sequences, sequence locations, beams, sectors, antennas andports.
 18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium accordingto claim 15, wherein the processor performs determining the transmissionresource locations of the first-class signaling messages associated withthe synchronization signals according to the synchronization signals inone of the following manners: the transmission resource locations of thefirst-class signaling messages are in time-domain symbols same as thetime-domain symbols of the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages; the transmission resource locations ofthe first-class signaling messages are in the time-domain symbols sameas the time-domain symbols of the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages, and X1 time-domain symbols behind thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages,wherein the X1 time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols;the transmission resource locations of the first-class signalingmessages are in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbolsof the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, and X2 time-domain symbols proceeding the synchronizationsignals bound to the first-class signaling messages, wherein the X2time-domain symbols are consecutive time-domain symbols; thetransmission resource locations of the first-class signaling messagesare in the time-domain symbols same as the time-domain symbols of thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages, andX1 time-domain symbols behind the synchronization signals bound to thefirst-class signaling messages as well as X2 time-domain symbolspreceding the synchronization signals bound to the first-class signalingmessages, wherein the X1 time-domain symbols and the X2 time-domainsymbols are consecutive time-domain symbols; and the transmissionresource locations of the first-class signaling messages are in Y1time-domain symbols behind or preceding the synchronization signalsbound to the first-class signaling messages.
 19. The non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein in acase where the transmission resource locations of the first-classsignaling messages are in Y1 time-domain symbols behind or preceding thesynchronization signals bound to the first-class signaling messages, theprocessor performs: determining locations of the Y1 time-domain symbolsaccording to a resource index of the synchronization signals bound tothe first-class signaling messages; or determining that the Y1time-domain symbols are adjacent to the synchronization signals bound tothe first-class signaling messages.
 20. The non-transitorycomputer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein theprocessor performs determining a scrambling code of the first-classsignaling messages according to a resource index used by thesynchronization signals associated with the first-class signalingmessages.